RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

描述（由申请人提供）：该发育内分泌学和代谢培训补助金现已进入第二十个年头，旨在每年为五名博士后学生提供资金，以从事研究培训，从而在学术儿科内分泌学中获得独立的职业生涯。学员进入该计划与MD，MD/博士或偶尔博士学位。培训机会包括神经内分泌学的基础实验室研究，包括食欲调节和能量平衡，胰岛素作用和碳水化合物调节，钙代谢，甲状腺生物学，生长因子生物学和基因组学/生物信息学，以及碳水化合物代谢，生殖内分泌学，肥胖症和医学信息学的临床研究。计划的平均培训时间为两年。在这个竞争性的申请中，除了五个博士后职位外，我们还要求3个短期（10周）的博士前职位，以资助从事研究的学员，主要是在医学院期间。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):This training grant in developmental endocrinology and metabolism, now in its twentieth year, intends to provide funding for five postdoctoral students per year to engage in research training leading to independent careers in academic pediatric endocrinology. Trainees enter the program with either the MD, MD/PhD or occasionally the PhD degree. Training opportunities include basic laboratory investigations in neuroendocrinology including appetite regulation and energy balance, insulin action and carbohydrate regulation, calcium metabolism, thyroid biology, growth factor biology, and genomics/bioinformatics, as well as clinical research in carbohydrate metabolism, reproductive endocrinology, obesity, and medical informatics. The intended average duration of training is two years. In this competing application, in addition to the five postdoctoral positions, we also request 3 short term (10 week) predoctoral positions to fund trainees who engage in research, largely during medical school.